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Circuit

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Circuit reviews
36
7.5 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 15 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Gregory Hinton
Dirk Shafer

Directed by: Dirk Shafer

Release Date:
Theatrical: April 26, 2002
DVD: December 10, 2002

Running Time: 90 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring JM J. Bullock, Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Andre Khabbazi, William Katt, Kiersten Warren, Daniel Kucan, Nancy Allen, and Bruce Vilanch

John is an ex-cop who leaves small-town life and provincial attitudes behind for a new existence in West Hollywood. As he seeks an open, accepting gay life, John is introduced to the fast-paced Circuit Party scene, featuring beautiful people and a tantalizing mixture of sex and drugs. (Circuit, LLC)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

70

Variety Robert Koehler

All-encompassing drama.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

At once a sexy soap opera, at times lurid and bathetic, and also a gritty cautionary tale made by a filmmaker honest enough to have it both ways.

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60

New Times (L.A.) David Ehrenstein

When Circuit is on its game it's very telling and where it's at its best is detailing just how difficult it is for men so hedonistically self-involved to love one another.

50

Chicago Reader Fred Camper

Shafer (himself a former Playgirl centerfold) never quite manages the incisive social critique his story seems to require.

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50

TV Guide Ken Fox

With its thumping soundtrack, absence of body hair and a camera that practically pants over every bulge, curve and crack of the male form, the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

If anyone wants to watch naked men in the shower, naked men doing erotic dancing, naked men in bed and almost-naked men pumping iron, this is the film to see.

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50

Chicago Tribune Loren King

It makes the viewer wonder whether Circuit would have been stronger as a documentary instead of the well-intentioned, overlong, intermittently entertaining but flawed feature that it is.

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50

The New York Times Dana Stevens

There is a real subject here, and it is handled with intelligence and care.

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40

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

As slick and attractive as its cast. But the movie gets away from Shafer.

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40

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

Mostly, Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint, or a sense of humor, about a world in which the DJ has the power to unify, if only for a night, men of godlike beauty and the mortals who worship them.

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38

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The movie's strongest draw is its kitsch value -- along with a wisecracking Bruce Vilanch, the cast includes '80s TV refugees Jm J. Bullock ("Too Close for Comfort") and the Greatest American Hero himself, William Katt.

25

Boston Globe Christopher Muther

Like ''Showgirls'' and ''Glitter,'' the most entertaining moments here are unintentional.

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25

New York Post V.A. Musetto

Dirk Shafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting. But it does have oodles of hunky male bodies. The choice is yours.

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20

Austin Chronicle Marrit Ingman

It's too bad Shafer spent his budget making a fiction feature instead of just shooting a documentary about the scene. So much of the film is melodramatic kitsch, but there's still a movie in here.

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10

Village Voice Dennis Lim

Even from deep in a K-hole, you'd need about 10 seconds to figure out the remaining plot twists in this jaded muscle-queen morality tale.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay H. gave it a3:
Not much of a plot here, just a gay excuse to string together a bunch of soft porn and drugs into an pointless story that is not even interesting. Badly directed, the acting is fair at best.

Brad M. gave it a10:
Awesome show, really opend my eyes, if only every gay man should see this movie. Much love.

Edward B. gave it a 10:
One of the best ive seen in the last 10 years...complicated story with many plots but retains freshness throughout. Director and writer along with the actors are to be commended.

Aunt Ralph gave it a 7:
Oh please! My (pant pant) pants!!! Jonathan Wade Drahos lives up to his name as he wades through this movie, never getting much more than skin deep. Oh honey, but what skin it is, and plenty of it too!!! This ain't Jane Eyre, kids, it's more like Derrière!!! Unevenly plotted but beautifully shot, this movie may even give you a hangover. But not from John. From him the worst you could get is termites.

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